Machine for feeding and cutting sheets.



No. 703,I83. Patented lune l24, |902.

W. G. CHAPIN.

MACHINE FR FEEDING` AND CUTTING SHEETS.

(Application med Nov. 9, 1901.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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@WVM/Leases .d l I No. 703,183. Patented June 24, |902.

w. G. cHAPlN.

MACHINE FDR FEEDING AND CUTTING SHEETS.

(Application led Nov. 9, 1901.) f

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VILLIAM G. OHAPIN, OF BROOKLYN, NEl/V YORK, ASSIGNOR TO THE THOMP SON d? NORRIS COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY.

MACHINE FOR FEEDING AND CUTTING SHEETS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 703,188, dated J' une 24, 1902.

Application led November 9. 1901. Serial No. 81,668. (No modei.\

.To @ZZ 1071/0712, T11/fry concern: by hand when desired, it has a circular rim Be it known that I, VILLIAM G. CIIAPIN, a 13. The wrist of this crank is coupled by a citizen of the United States, residing in the connecting-rod 14 to the carriage 15 of the cityofNew York,borough ofrooklymcounty feed mechanism at 16. This carriage is slid- 55 5 of Kings, and State ofNew York, haveinvent'- `ably mounted on fixed guides 17, extending ed certain new and useful Improvements in lengthwise of the machine-frame.` Thus ro- Machines for Feeding and Cutting Sheets, of tation of the crank imparts a reciprocating which the following is a specification. movement t0 the carriage,the extent of move- This invention relates to amachine for feedment being limited by the throw ofthe crank. 6o 1o ing in an intermittent manner paper or the On the carriage 15 are mounted the gripperlikein sheet orstrip form and cutting the same jaws. The upper fixed jaw 1S, Fig. 4, is seinto uniform lengths; and the purpose of the cured to a transverse bar 19, which is slidable invention is to provide a simple and effective up and down 0n upright rods 20 ou the carriage automatic machine which may be made to and is backed by cushion-springs 21, which 65 15 operate very accurately. allow it to yield slightly to pressure from be- In the accompanying dra\vings,which serve low exerted by the movable jaw 22. This to illustrate an embodiment of the invention, movable jaw plays vertically in an outer cas- Iiigure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the ing or guide 23, fixed in the carriage and is machine. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Eig. hollow. In the hollow of the jaw 22 is a spring 7o 2o 3 is an end elevation showing the cutter. 24, which bears below on the bottom of the Fig. 4isa transverse section,on a larger scale, hollow in the jaw and above against a crossshowing the gripper of the feed, showing the barl25, fixed at its ends in the walls of said gripping mechanism in section. Fig. 5 is a `guide and extending through slots in the Walls transverse section at x5 in Fig. 1. of the jaw. At its lower end the jaw 22 has 75 z5 1 is the supporting-frame of the machine, a roller 26, which bears on a cam 27. This and 2 is the transverse main driving-shaft cam is rotatably mounted in the carriage 15 from which the feeding and cutting mechanand slidably mounted loosely on a square ism is operated. spline-shaft 28, rotatively mounted in the 3 is the bed or surface on which the sheet machine-frame and extending lengthwise of 8o 3o to be fed and cut is supported, and 3 reprethe machine. This shaft is driven from the sents bearers or guides over the sheet to keep upright shaft 5 by means of bevel-gears 29. it down. The cam 27 is so formed and so set with ref- 4 represents the adjustable side guides. erence to the crank 7 that it closes the lower The feeder for the sheet consists of a recipgripper-jaw on the sheet at the proper mo- 85 35 rocating carriage, means for operating said ment for advancing the latter, holds it closed carriage, agripper on the carriage for seizing while the crank is advancing the sheet, and the sheet and feeding it forward, and means permits the spring 24 to retract the jaw and for opening and closing the gripper-jaws. On release the sheet at the moment the crank an upright shaft 5, driven through the main has ceased advancing the sheet and is ready 9o 4o shaft 2 by means of bevel-gears 6, is mounted to withdraw. The object of this intermittent a crank 7. This crank has a guideway 8 in feed is to feed the sheet to a cutter for cutits upper face, in which is slidably mounted ting it off in uniform lengths. Thiscutter is a Wrist-block 9, carrying the crank-Wrist 10. best illustrated at the left in Fig. 1, where it This block is threaded on a screw 11, which is seen partly in section, and in Fig. 3, Where 95 45 extends along the guideway and is collared at it is seen in front elevation.

12, so that it cannot move longitudinally. In a crank-shaft 30, rotatively mounted in By means of this screw 11 the crank-wrist an elevated part of the frame, are cranks, the may be adjusted radially to the circle in which pins of which are coupled by connecting-rods it travels, so as to accurately regulate the 31 with aknifegate 32, movable up and down roc 5o throw of the crank. To strengthen the crank in guides lin said frame. This gate carries a and provide aconvenient means of turning it knife 33. The shaft 30 is driven from the main shaft 2 by a link belt 34 and sprocketwheels 35 and 36 on the respective shafts 2 and 30.

In order to press down the sheet firmly adjacent to the knife 33 at the time of cutting, a device is employed which is best seen in Fig. 1. Two presser-feet 37, having their upright stems guided in the knife-gate back of the knife, have on said stems cushion-springs 38, embraced between the gate and the feet below, and each stem has on its upper end a nut 39, which serves as an adjustable stop to limit the extent of movement downward of the foot under the influence of the spring. When the knife-gate descends, these presserfeet find a bearing on the sheet before the knife comes into play, and the springs 38 yield to the further downward movement of the gate.

The side guides 4 (best illustrated in Fig. 5) serve to prevent lateral movement or shifting of the sheet as it is fed to the cutter, and their adjustability permits of their adaptation to sheets of different widths within limits.

In Fig. 2 the supporting-bed 3 is mainly broken away in order to show the feeding mechanism belowit. The cam 27 is collared in and has bearings in pendent portions of the carriage 15, so that it moves to and fro with the latter on the square spline-shaft 28 and is-driven or rotated thereby, but has no bearing thereon. The only object in making the shaft 28 square is to compel the slidable cam to rotate with it, and an obvious equivalent would be an ordinary spline or rib on the shaft to engage a keyway in the cam. Such a spline mechanism is too well known to require illustration.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a machine of the character described, the means for feeding the sheet material intermittently, said means comprising a reciprocating carriage, a gripper device thereon for seizing the material, a cam rotatively mounted in said carriage and adapted to operate said gripper, and a rotating spline-shaft parallel with the path of the gripper-carriage and extending through said cam, whereby the latter is rotated during the movement of the carriage.

2. In a machine of the character described, the means for feeding the sheet material intermittently, said means comprising a horizontally-rotating crank, a gripper-carriage slidably mounted on guides, the said guides, a rod connecting said crank and carriage, a fixed gripper-jaw on said carriage, the movable gripper-j aw on said carriage, the retracting-spring of said jaws, a cam 27 mounted rotativelyin said carriage and adapted to operate said movable jaw, a spline-shaft 28, rotatively mounted parallel with the guides of the carriage, said shaft extending through a square aperture in the cam, and means for driving said shaft.

3. In a machine for feeding sheets intermittently, and cutting olf the same, the combination with a main driving-shaft, a reciprocating knife driven from said shaft, and means forfeeding the sheet to the knife, said means comprising an upright crank-shaft driven from the main shaft, a crank on the upright shaft, a gripper-carriage, a rod coupling the wrist of the crank with said carriage, a sheet-gripper on said carriage, a cam rotatively mounted in the carriage for operating the gripper, and a spline-shaft driven from the main shaft and driving in turn the said cam.

4C. In a machine for the purpose specified, the feeding device, comprising the carriage, the tracks or guideways therefor, the upper jaw of the gripper mounted on said carriage and provided with cushion-springs, the lower jaw of the gripper mounted movably, its guide and spring, the cam for operating said lower jaw, said cam being mounted rotatively in said carriage, means for reciprocating said carriage and means for rota ting said cam during the movement of the carriage.

5. In a machine for the purpose specified, the gripper device comprising the carriage 15,

having upright guide-rods 20, the bar 19 mounted on said rods, the cushion-springs behind said bar, the upper gripper-jaw 1S mounted on said bar, the guide 23 of the lower gripper-jaw 22, the said jaw, the spring for depressing said jaw in its guide, and the cam 27, mounted rotatively in the carriage under said lower jaw Vand bearing thereon.

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In witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name, this 19th day of October, 1901, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. WILLIAM G. CHAPIN. Witnesses: n

GEORGE J. RIEGLER, EDW. H. KELSEY. 

